Top Dem Suggests Party Will Impeach Trump Again If They Win Congress

A senior Democrat is again signaling that impeachment would be back on the table if Democrats regain control of the House in November, reinforcing concerns among conservatives that President Donald J. Trump would once more face partisan attacks should Republicans lose the midterms.

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), a member of the so-called “Seditious Six,” made the remarks during a CNN interview, suggesting impeachment efforts would resume if Democrats retake the House. Crow has also drawn controversy in recent weeks for publicly encouraging U.S. military personnel to defy their commander-in-chief.

“I am not holding my breath that…a Republican-controlled Senate and a Republican-controlled House… are going to move…on [impeachment]…which is why the midterms are so important,” Crow told CNN host Pamela Brown after she noted that President Trump had already warned Democrats would pursue impeachment again if they returned to power.

President Trump echoed that warning Tuesday while speaking to House Republicans at their retreat at the Trump–Kennedy Center, underscoring the stakes of the upcoming elections. Trump emphasized that control of Congress could determine whether his second term is focused on governance or once again consumed by political warfare, Fox News reported.

“They’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump said of Democrats if they regain power. “We don’t impeach them. You know why? Because they’re meaner than we are. We should have impeached Joe Biden for 100 different things.”

Trump argued that Democratic policy positions remain deeply unpopular with voters and will ultimately prevent them from winning back the House.

“But when they want open borders, when they want, as they said, men in women’s sports, when they want transgender for everyone,” Trump said, “Bring your kids in. We’re going to change the sex of your child.”

“We have great, solid common sense policy,” he added. “They have horrendous policy. What they do is they stick together. They never have a no vote.”

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President Trump was impeached twice during his first term—becoming the only president in U.S. history to face impeachment on two occasions—though he was acquitted both times by the Senate.

The first impeachment centered on allegations that Trump sought assistance from Ukraine during the 2020 election cycle, claims that ultimately failed to persuade the Senate. The second followed Democrats’ accusations that Trump incited the January 6 Capitol riot after challenging the 2020 election results. Once again, the Senate acquitted him after trial.

While a small number of Republicans joined Democrats in supporting impeachment during those episodes, most of those lawmakers are no longer serving in Congress.

“They impeached me. I never knew I was going to be impeached,” Trump recalled. “I get a phone call. You just got impeached. I said, ‘What does that mean?’”

“It took them ten minutes … they impeached the president … who did a damn good job,” Trump continued. “I rebuilt our military space force. I got everything. I did a lot. They impeached me for nothing twice. For nothing.”

The renewed impeachment talk extends beyond the president himself. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said earlier this month that some Republicans could potentially back impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Department of Justice’s failure to release all Jeffrey Epstein-related files by a congressionally mandated deadline.

Khanna claimed the DOJ had not fully complied with disclosure requirements, raising transparency concerns. He suggested that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) could lead such an effort, telling MSNBC’s Morning Joe that “there are a few Republicans who are on board with it.”

Khanna added that impeachment would not be the first step, saying Democrats would initially pursue a contempt of Congress vote to pressure the Justice Department.

Democrats have repeatedly floated impeachment threats against officials serving under President Trump, though such efforts currently face steep obstacles in a Republican-controlled House determined to focus on policy, border security, and restoring constitutional governance.